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GALLERIES > BIRDS > WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW [Zonotrichia leucophrys]

White-crowned Sparrow Photo
 
 
Location: Morro Bay, CA
GPS: 35.3W, -120.9N MAP
Date: March 8, 2008
White-crowned Sparrow Picture
 
 
Location: Elings Park (SB), CA
GPS: 34.4W, -119.7N MAP
Date: October 7, 2007


White-crowned Sparrow Photo
 
 
Location: Elings Park (SB), CA
GPS: 34.4W, -119.7N MAP
Date: October 7, 2007
White-crowned Sparrow Photo
 
 
Location: Ballona Wetlands, CA
GPS: 34.0W, -118.4N MAP
Date: April 10, 2006


White-crowned Sparrow Picture
 
 
Location: Ballona Wetlands, CA
GPS: 34.0W, -118.4N MAP
Date: April 10, 2006
White-crowned Sparrow Photo
 
 
Location: Monterey, CA
GPS: 36.6W, -121.9N MAP
Date: May 26, 2007



SPECIES INFO

The White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) is a medium-sized sparrow native to North America.

Adults are 18 cm long and have black and white stripes on their head, a grey face, brown streaked upper parts and a long tail. The wings are brown with bars and the underparts are grey. Their bill is pink or yellow. They are similar in appearance to the White-throated Sparrow but do not have the white throat markings.

Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across northern Canada and the western United States. They nest either low in bushes or on the ground under shrubs and lay 3-5 brown-marked grey or greenish-blue eggs.

These birds forage on the ground or in low vegetation, but sometimes make short flights to catch flying insects. They mainly eat seeds, other plant parts and insects. In winter, they often forage in flocks.

The call of the White-crowned Sparrow has many dialects, but the pugetensis subspecies sounds similar to "You can't come and catch me!"




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